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Friday, March 30, 2012

If you have been considering writing about your family history, you need to watch the recording of Lisa Alzo's webinar, Digital Writing Tools for Genealogists. Telling your family's story just got a lot easier thanks to a number of cloud-based notetaking and writing tools and apps you can access from home, your netbook, iPad, tablet, or even your smartphone. I'm personally super-excited to use the Scrivener software she mentioned. With all of the digital tools Lisa presented, we no longer "have an excuse to procrastinate" the writing of our family's story. One viewer commented, "I was always afraid of the writing process, but it now seems possible." Terrific presentation Lisa!

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 30 minute recording of Digital Writing Tools for Genealogists is now available to view in our webinar archives. Visit www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp to watch. It will be available until April 10, 2012 at no cost.

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Own your own copy of Digital Writing Tools for Genealogists by purchasing the webinar-on-CD for just $9.95. It includes the 1 hour 30 minute recording of the class, the complete Q/A session, and 6 pages of handouts. Click here for more information or to purchase.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Tom Kemp was spectacular - again. In his webinar today, "Obituaries: Clues to Look For" Tom explained the value of obituaries and gave tips about using and locating the right newspapers. The Q/A session was one of the best we've ever had, and concluded with advice about writing our own obituaries.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 50 minute recording of Obituaries: Clues to Look For is now available to view in our webinar archives. Visit www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp to watch. It is available to view indefinitely.

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Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

Digital Writing Tools for Genealogists with Lisa Alzo, March 30.

The Pursuit from Genealogy Hobbyist to Professional with John Kitzmiller and Claire Brison-Banks, April 4.

Genealogy on the Go - the Families app for your Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad with Malcolm Green, April 11.

Using Legacy Family Tree to Support Family Groups/Organizations with Geoff Rasmussen and Ken McGinnis, April 14.

Monday, March 26, 2012

We've got a terrific lineup of webinar speakers for you over the next month or so. From your own computer you will learn from genealogy's experts about obituaries, digital writing tools, professional genealogy, mobile apps, family organizations, Scottish research, and finding your living relatives. Best of all - every webinar is free to you.

Sign up for one or all of them today and we will remind you via email both one day and one hour before the live event. Because of the popularity of these topics, plan to arrive at least 15-20 minutes early. Remember, only the first 1,000 to join on the day of the live event will get in. Hope to see you online!

Obituaries: Clues to Look For. Tips for making sure you get the full benefit from an obituary notice by Tom Kemp. Newspapers have been publishing obituaries for over 300 years. Dig in and identify every clue as you learn how newspaper editors have changed their syntax, style and scope of obituaries over the years. Obituaries are critical for building an American family history. Wednesday, March 28.

Digital Writing Tools for Genealogists by Lisa Alzo. Telling your family’s story just got a whole lot easier thanks to a number of cloud-based notetaking and writing tools and apps you can access from home, your netbook or iPad, and even your smartphone. Learn about the latest tech tools and writing apps for bringing your family’s story to life! Friday, March 30.

The Pursuit from Genealogy Hobbyist to Professional by John Kitzmiller and Claire V. Brison-Banks. Several terms are applied to individuals that are interested in their ancestors. Those who are fascinated by the story but not really interested in the data could be termed amateurs. Moving up a rung on the ladder would be the hobbyists, who gather photos, letters and family memorabilia to share with others. They quite often are members of societies, are familiar with local history, and help others to find their ancestors. This group is quite underestimated, in that many have self-taught expertise and are quite knowledgeable. However, most of them do not charge money for their assistance. The next step is to operate at the “professional” level, which requires perspective, attitude, methods, process, and some business skills. This webinar will discuss various ways to make that transition. Join John M. Kitzmiller, II, AG and Claire V. Brison-Banks, AG for this special webinar, sponsored by the The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). Wednesday, April 4.

Genealogy on the Go - the Families app for your Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad by Malcolm Green. Got an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or an Android device? With the "Families" application you can easily transfer your Legacy Family Tree files and pictures from your computer to your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Android device, enabling them to be viewed and edited wherever you are. Any changes you make on these devices can then be synced back to your Legacy family file. Join the developer of Families, Malcolm Green, for a demonstration of how it all works and what it looks like. Wednesday, April 11.

Using Legacy Family Tree to Support Family Groups/Associations by Geoff Rasmussen and Ken McGinnis. This 1-hour webinar will discuss how the Legacy Family Tree software can help your family organization work together. These specific features and concepts will be taught: importing your PAF and GEDCOM files into Legacy; best practices for adding new data, including adding new events and sources; how to share your Legacy file with other association/family members to avoid duplication utilizing Legacy's IntelliShare tool; using Legacy's Research Notes and Tree Finder tools to document opinions, theories, and unproven relationships; using Legacy's Research Guidance to guide you to the right sources and websites to extend your pedigree. The webinar will be taught by two of Legacy's developers, Ken McGinnis and Geoff Rasmussen. Saturday, April 14.

Researching Your Scottish Ancestors by Marie Dougan. Scotland has a wealth of records available to assist you in researching your Scottish ancestry. Scottish statutory records of births, marriages and deaths began in 1855 and are available online together with census returns from 1841 - 1911. Other online records include Old Parish Records of baptisms, marriages and burials, records from Catholic archives and Scottish wills and testaments. Join our webinar to find out about these records and strategies to help you use these and other useful sources effectively in your research. Wednesday, April 18.

Reverse Genealogy: Finding the Living by Megan Smolenyak. Although genealogy is at its heart the study of long-deceased ancestors, connecting with living relatives has become almost as important to many family historians. Some seek living kin in an effort to track down family photos; others do it to find family history playmates, plan reunions or identify DNA project participants. Whatever the motivation, one of the most addicting aspects of genealogy is the thrill of finding distant cousins, or in some cases, parents, children or siblings. But this "reverse genealogy" (working from the past to the present) has its own special challenges and requires the researcher to be part genealogist and part private investigator. This presentation covers proven techniques for tracing 20th and 21st century friends and relatives from the past to the present. Wednesday, April 25.

All events are FREE. To RSVP for any or all of these events, you can visit the Ancestry.com Events page on Facebook. (Please keep in mind that all times listed on Facebook are Eastern.) You can also watch any past presentation on the Ancestry.com YouTube Channel.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

On Tuesday, April 10, at 8 PM Central, D. Joshua Taylor will present, Going Digital: Organizing Your Research Files Electronically, where you will learn how to take your paper research notes, logs, and documents and convert them into your own personal “digital archives.” To attend this webinar, register at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/916785542.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

If you are considering using DNA as a genealogy research strategy be sure and watch the recording of today's webinar by Ugo Perego, "DNA Research for Genealogists: Beyond the Basics." One viewer commented that "Ugo made a very complicated subject clear and interesting." I agree. This webinar follows Ugo's first webinar, "The Power of DNA in Unlocking Family Relationships" where he provided an introduction to using DNA in genealogy. It is still available to view in the webinar archives here. Ugo was a delight to listen to and knows the subject very well.

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 30 minute recording of DNA Research for Genealogists: Beyond the Basics is now available to view in our webinar archives. Visit www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp to watch. It is available for free until April 2, 2012.

Pre-order the webinar-on-CD

Own your own copy of DNA Research for Genealogists: Beyond the Basics by purchasing the webinar-on-CD for just $9.95. It includes the 1 hour 30 minute recording of the class, the complete Q/A session, and handouts. Click here for more information or to purchase.

Special discount coupon

The special discount coupon of dna2 that was announced during the webinar is valid for 10% off anything in our online store through Monday, March 26, 2012.

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

Obituaries: Clues to Look For. Tips for making sure you get the full benefit from an obituary notice with Tom Kemp, March 28.

Digital Writing Tools for Genealogists with Lisa Alzo, March 30.

The Pursuit from Genealogy Hobbyist to Professional with John Kitzmiller and Claire Brison-Banks, April 4.

Genealogy on the Go - the Families app for your Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad with Malcolm Green, April 11.

Using Legacy Family Tree to Support Family Groups/Organizations with Geoff Rasmussen and Ken McGinnis, April 14.

This presentation will discuss how to accurately and adequately “source” census, passenger list, and other data from actual images at Ancestry.com. We will be starting “from scratch” with a new database seeing how to import information accurately from census and other actual records. We will NOT be using information from compiled online trees in this presentation. Later presentations will focus on additional and more advanced topics. This presentation is made by Michael John Neill and runs live on 30 March 2012 at 1:30 PM CST. Register online on our website.

This presentation will discuss “how the case was made” that an 1850 census enumeration in Michigan was the same man in 1870 Iowa and 1880 Missouri. Local land, property tax, estate, vital and other records are discussed along with how the information was organized and analyzed. Register online here. Webinar presentation on 25 March 2012 at 2 PM Central.

Learn strategies and techniques on how to get the most out of the Canadian census records in order to gain a better understanding of your ancestors. This presentation will put those techniques into practise by following three different families (Canadian, French-Canadian and African Canadian) through the census.

What You'll Learn

The Importance of Name Variations

Where to Find the Canadian Census Records

Detailed Information about the Canadian Census, 1851 - 1911

Detailed Information about the Special Census, 1906 and 1916

Techniques for searching and navigating the census records

Who Should Attend

Anyone who has Canadian ancestors

Anyone who has ancestors that spent time in Canada

Volunteers and librarians who want to help patrons learn about Canadian family history

Monday, March 19, 2012

Among the tens of thousand of individuals that have already experienced the novelty of genetic testing for ancestral or genealogical purposes, many are still wondering about the real benefits that such testing may bring to their family history repertoire. Whether you have been already tested and are still wondering about what all those letters and numbers from your genetic genealogy report mean, or whether you are contemplating if DNA testing for family history is something for you, this webinar, presented by Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation's Ugo Perego, will offer you some online tools that are available to interpret your results and get the most out of your genetic testing. We will also focus on a few successful DNA genealogy cases and conclude with a description of consultation services available to those that think genetic genealogy is an exciting field, but fear it is too complex of a tool to them.

The live webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 2PM Eastern U.S. (1pm Central, 12pm Mountain, 11am Pacific/Arizona, 7pm Rome), so register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Join at least 15-20 minutes early to ensure your virtual seat.

About the presenter

Dr. Ugo A. Perego is a senior researcher for the non-profit Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation and a scientific consultant for GeneTree.com, both located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also an adjunct faculty in the biology department at the Salt Lake Community College. Dr. Perego received a BSc and a MSc in health sciences from Brigham Young University and a PhD in genetics and biomolecular sciences from the University of Pavia. He has more than ten years of experience in researching, lecturing, and publishing about DNA and its use in population migrations, genealogy, and history.

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Georgia Genealogical Society is excited to have Drew Smith, mls, as our presenter for this webinar, "Using a Blog As Your Online Research Log."

Researchers have long been encouraged to keep a log of their discoveries, but the availability of blogs means that genealogists have a way to keep track of their research and to share it with others. This presentation explains why keeping a research log is important, how a blog can serve as a research log, and how genealogists can best use each of the features of online blogging services.

Drew is co-host of the Genealogy Guys Podcast, author of Social Networking for Genealogists, a director of FGS, former secretary of APG, and the president of the Florida Genealogical Society.presentation explains why keeping a research log is important, how a blog can serve as a research log, and how genealogists can best use each of the features of online blogging services.

The format will be "semi open mic" since the room capacity will be 1,000.

Amy Johnson Crow, the new Genealogical Content Manager for Archives.com will be on hand to field questions. Archives.com is the company that
designed and is hosting the NARA 1940 site. She will be available during each session to provide some tips
and tricks for using the site.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Now that was a fun webinar to present! A couple of times during my presentation I was as giddy as a little boy on Christmas morning - that's how exciting the new Census List tool is. And from the hundreds of comments that the attendees left, I can tell that you, too, are delighted with the new tools and reports in Legacy's latest free update. Even the Q/A session was fun - I didn't expect that we would cover the wide range of topics that we did - searching, tagging, sources, pictures, colors and more. One viewer commented, "I think this might be the best tool since source templates!!!! Thank you, thank you."

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 27 minute recording of Navigating the New Census Tools in Legacy Family Tree is now available to view in our webinar archives. Visit www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp to watch. It is available for free indefinitely.

Pre-order the webinar-on-CD

You can also purchase your own copy of Navigating the New Census Tools in Legacy Family Tree by purchasing the webinar-on-CD for just $9.95. It includes the 1 hour 27 minute recording of the class and the complete Q/A session. Click here for more information or to purchase.

This CD is also available in the brand new Census Bundle (discounted) which includes the following webinar CDs:

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